The second Underwater.kr Lembeh Shootout at NAD Lembeh has finished and the winners are announced! The contestants were competing in two categories: Single Image and Themed Portfolio of four Images. Like last year, we had very strong entries and in the end it was a mix of uniqueness of the subject, the amount of editing…
This morning all contestants of the Underwater.kr Lembeh Photo Shootout submitted their Photo Entries and the judging will start this afternoon. This Group shot was taken before todays morning dive … no more competition pressure – just shooting for fun. We keep fingers crossed for all contestants and are hoping to see very good images. Winners…
Following up to the earlier post, this afternoon I pitched the plucky newcomer against the old master. The Canon MP-E 65mm lens is pretty much the holy grail for macro photographers – it made me switch from Nikon to Canon years ago, and i’ve only just bought one now! The MP-E 65mm is capable of…
It seems like there is always something that can top what you have seen the day before: When we went back last night to see the Rhinopias that we found yesterday, Simon found a second, bigger one. So right now there is a resident pair of Paddleflap Rhinopias in Lembeh Strait. A smaller red one…
Just to begin with: Unfortunately today we could not manage to find another Hairy Octopus – so the record stays on four individuals on four consecutive days. Nevertheless we did manage to find something else instead: On our second morning dive we stumbled over this beautiful Rhinopias sitting in a rubble-softcoral patch. It is a…
Coming back to Lembeh is always a very special thing. But these Days diving seems to be even more exceptional than i remember: In my first week of diving here we have seen now the rare Hairy Octopus for 4 days in a row. On four different dive sites and also in different color variations!…
It has been a crazy few months for us recently. Obviously, we’ve had the busy season with lots of amazing critters – but we have also been doing some studying. Simon had studied the rEvo IANTD course over the summer, but has now added his Poseidon MK6 SSI Instructor certs. So, we can now offer…
We just took a very short family break to Disney Hong Kong for a few days, and when we arrived yesterday we were met by a bunch of friends from Reef Photo Video in the US, and a whole bunch of shipping that arrived in our absence. Obviously shipping things around in Indonesia is time…
In the six months that I’ve spent in Lembeh over the past year, today was probably the single most insane day for critters that I can remember. Between the two boats today, guests saw Hairy/Randalls/Painted Frogfish, multiple Mototi Blue-ringed Octopus, Blue-ringed Octopus, Algae Octopus, Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Ornate and Robust Ghost Pipefish, Ambon Scorpionfish, and the…
Lots of great things happening at NAD right now. The camera room is being extended, and should double the current space available. Work on the new extended jetty is in progress. No more climbing up and down at low tide, as the new extensions are on floats and the boats are always at the same…